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AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE
ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
200 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2008

...CODE ORANGE OZONE ALERT IN EFFECT TUESDAY FOR JEFFERSON AND
SHELBY COUNTIES...

THE ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (ADEM) HAS
ISSUED, A CODE ORANGE AIR QUALITY ALERT FOR JEFFERSON AND SHELBY
COUNTIES, FOR TUESDAY...JUL 28, 2008 AS A RESULT OF INCREASED
PARTICULATE MATTER.

UNDER CODE ORANGE CONDITIONS...PARTICULATE MATTER CONCENTRATIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO REACH LEVELS THAT ARE UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS.
PEOPLE WITH HEART OR LUNG DISEASE, OLDER ADULTS, AND CHILDREN SHOULD
REDUCE PROLONGED OR HEAVY EXERTION OUTDOORS.

ADEM RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS DURING A PARTICULATE MATTER ALERT DAY...

AVOID EXPOSURE TO WOOD, FOREST, OR AGRICULTURAL SMOKE.

REDUCE OUTSIDE ACTIVITY.  WALK INSTEAD OF JOG.  DO NOT EXERCISE NEAR BUSY
ROADS.

PLAN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES FOR DAYS WHEN PARTICLE LEVELS ARE LOWER.

LIMIT DRIVING AND ENGINE IDLING.  COMBINE ERRANDS.  USE THE BUS OR CARPOOL
TO WORK.

AVOID USE OF GASOLINE POWERED LAWN AND GARDEN EQUIPMENT.

OUTSIDE PARTICULATE MATTER CAN AFFECT INDOOR AIR QUALITY, ESPECIALLY WHEN
OUTDOOR LEVELS ARE HIGH.  KEEP WINWEDNESDAYS AND DOORS CLOSED TO PREVENT FURTHER
CIRCULATION OF PARTICLES.  YOU CAN FURTHER REDUCE INDOOR PARTICLE LEVELS BY
ELIMINATING TOBACCO SMOKE...LIMITING COOKING WITH WOOD, COAL, OIL, OR
NATURAL GAS...AND LIMITING THE USE OF CANDLES, INCENSE, AND HOUSEHOLD CLEANERS.

IF BREATHING BECOMES DIFFICULT...MOVE INDOORS.